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Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
April 8, 2021

Mississippi lawmakers prepare for redistricting after another Census delay

Mississippi lawmakers are tasked with drawing redistricting lines in the 2022 session. This redistricting usually occurs every 10 years, after data from the U.S. Census is gathered and distributed to the states. However, due to the COVD-19 pandemic there has been a delay in how quickly lawmakers can access that data. The data was first…
Culture  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 7, 2021

SALTER: VMT tax proposal would penalize rural states without substantial public transportation

By: Sid Salter U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stepped strongly toward, then beat a rather hasty retreat from the concept of including a vehicle mile traveled or VMT tax component as a means to pay for President Biden’s massive national infrastructure proposal. Simply put, the VMT tax would raise transportation funds from the taxpayers by levying…